Damascus C_111 Advertisement for Bids (ENGLIS.docx

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ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

CITY OF DAMASCUS, GA

WATER SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS – FY 24 CDBG

STILL WATERS ENGINEERING PROJECT NO.: D0113.006

CDBG Grant No.: 24p-x-049-2-6396

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS

Sealed Bids for the construction of the Water System Improvements – FY 24 CDBG –will be received, by the City of Damascus, at the Damascus City Hall – 8120 Joe Bryan Street, Damascus, Georgia 39841 until 11:00 AM local time on July 15, 2026, at which time the Bids received will be publicly opened and read. No bids may be withdrawn after the closing time for receipt of bids for a period of sixty (60) days except as specifically detailed in the Instructions to Bidders. Work of the Project includes demolishing the Kestler Avenue chemical feed building and constructing a new chemical feed building with chemical (sodium hypochlorite) feed equipment, electrical, controls, fencing, grading/site work, well pump and appurtenances, well site piping, including valves, fittings, and associated appurtenances required to connect the well and drinking water treatment facility to the City’s existing drinking water distribution system, +/- 20 water meters, meter boxes and all appurtenances necessary for complete installation.

Bids will be received for a single prime Contract. Bids shall be on a lump sum and unit price basis, with alternate bid items as indicated in the Bid Form.

The Issuing Office for the Bidding Documents is: Still Waters Engineering, 130 Veterinary Way Unit-2, Leesburg, GA 31763, 229-496-5700. Please contact Nikki Griffith at officeadmin@stillwaterseng.com to request contract documents and specifications. Prospective Bidders may examine the Bidding Documents at the Issuing Office on Mondays through Fridays between the hours of 8:30 AM – 5:00 P.M, and may obtain copies of the Bidding Documents from the Issuing Office as described below.

Bidding Documents also may be examined at the City of Damascus; during the City’s regular business hours.

Bidding Documents may be obtained from the Issuing Office during the hours indicated above. Bidding Documents are available electronically (as portable document format (PDF) files) for a non-refundable charge of $300. Paper copies of bid documents are also available for an additional $100 non-refundable charge. Upon Issuing Office’s receipt of payment, Bidding Documents will be sent via email or other means of electronic file distribution. The date that the Bidding Documents are transmitted by the Issuing Office will be considered the prospective Bidder’s date of receipt of the Bidding Documents. Partial sets of Bidding Documents will not be available from the Issuing Office. Neither Owner nor Engineer will be responsible for full or partial sets of Bidding Documents, including Addenda if any, obtained from sources other than the Issuing Office. Bids will not be accepted from prospective bidders not on record with the Issuing Office as having purchased and received a complete set of Bidding Documents.

Bid security shall be furnished in accordance with the Instructions to Bidders. If awarded the Contract the successful bidder will be required to furnish a Performance Bond and Payment Bond, each in the amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract amount. Bonds must be provided by sureties appearing on the U.S. Treasury Department’s most current Circular 570 Listing and be licensed in the State of Georgia.

All permits required for the construction of this project are expected to be approved prior to the date of the bid opening.

Acquisition of property for easements, right of way, etc. is not expected to be required for this project.

This project is expected to be funded all or in part by the Georgia Environmental Finance Authority’s (GEFA) Drinking Water State Revolving Loan fund. The construction contract will be subject to GEFA’s Supplemental General Conditions for Federally Assisted State Revolving Loan Fund Construction Contracts including Disadvantaged Business Enterprise requirements and Davis Bacon & Related Act requirements. Additionally, the contract will be subject to GEFA’s Build America Buy America Special Conditions and Information for Federally Assisted State Revolving Loan Fund Construction Contracts.

This project is expected to be funded all or in part by the City of Damascus and the Georgia Department of Community Affairs-U.S. HUD Community Development Block Grant program.

The City of Damascus is committed to Affirmatively Further Fair Housing. This project is funded in part by a Community Development Block Grant. The work to be performed under this contract is under a program providing direct Federal financial assistance from the Department of Housing and Urban Development and is subject to the requirements of Section 3 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968 as amended, 12 U.S.C. 1701 U. Section 3 requires that to the greatest extent feasible, opportunities for employment and training be given to the low-income residents of the project area, and contracts for work in connection with the project to be awarded to business concerns which are located in, or owned in substantial part by persons residing in the area of the project. Section 3 Residents and Business Concerns are encouraged to apply. Please contact City Clerk Latoya Salter at 229-725-4970 for information on any employment, contracting and sub-contracting opportunities.

All work under this project is subject to the Build America, Buy America Act (BABAA) requirements under Title IX of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“IIJA”), Pub. L. 177-58. Absent an approved waiver, all iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials used in the project must be produced in the United States, as further outlined by the Office of Management and Budget’s Memorandum M-22-11, Initial Implementation Guidance on Application of Buy America Preference in Federal Financial Assistance Programs for Infrastructure, April 18, 2022.

The City of Damascus is committed to providing all persons with equal access to its services, programs, activities, education, and employment regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, familial status, disability or age.

The City of Damascus reserves the right to reject any or all bids including without limitation the rights to reject any or all nonconforming, nonresponsive, unbalanced or conditional Bids; and to make an award in the best interest of the City of Damascus.

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